P1000 Broken Bolt mount to A-Arm. 2018 Pioneer 1000-LE

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And now I know what WOTF means thanks to the WOTF!

For old f*ckers like me, it used to be WOTL - wisdom of the list. That was back before discussion FORUMS became a (popular) thing and we pretty much did the same thing using email distribution LISTS. No threading or searching (unless you saved all your email), but it's all we had back in the 90s and early 00s. Good times, good times.

 

[Scoop]

Bolt kit ordered from the Club Store and my bro is lined up to knock this out.

Too bad I didn't order the bolt kit 2 days ago when I ordered the Hillbilly Brake or @Hondasxs could have shipped them together. The latter item is delivering today. Doh!

 

[someguy1313]

Have the Bolt Kit ordered from the club store (nice kit)

Last night:
Installed a bolt on (may weld soon) in upper gusset last night and i'm not sure the two will play well with each other.

Question: is anyone using the club store bolt kit with welded or bolted in gussets?

I want these front a arm tabs and surrounding frame as strong as possible. it's probably the weakest design on this machine with the heat management a close second.

 

[ToddACimer]

Have the Bolt Kit ordered from the club store (nice kit)

Last night:
Installed a bolt (may weld soon) in upper gusset last night and i'm not sure the two will play well with each other.

Question: is anyone using the club store bolt kit with welded or bolted in gussets?

I want these front a arm tabs and surrounding frame as strong as possible. it's probably the weakest design on this machine with the heat management a close second.

I have my tabs doubled up to be thicker and I have the kit from the store with the weld washers. I also got custom made bushings and sleeves from RB3 and I'm running 12mm upper a-arms bolts instead of the stock 10.

You can see how thick the tabs are compared to stock plus the gusset into the bumper mount. Also note the bottom a-arms pivots all have gussets and welded washers

 

[Smitty335]

Have the Bolt Kit ordered from the club store (nice kit)

Last night:
Installed a bolt (may weld soon) in upper gusset last night and i'm not sure the two will play well with each other.

Question: is anyone using the club store bolt kit with welded or bolted in gussets?

I want these front a arm tabs and surrounding frame as strong as possible. it's probably the weakest design on this machine with the heat management a close second.

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The idiots that welded my washers in just welded the washers on without the bolts installed, thus bolts are in a bind.

 

[dweber23tr]

How big of an issue is this on the 22+?

 

[TripleB]

How big of an issue is this on the 22+?

Zero

 

[ToddACimer]

How big of an issue is this on the 22+?

I haven't seen a 22+ with the upper a-arms tabs broke off. Honda made the a-arms different and they now have 2 bolts and 4 tabs

 

[ToddACimer]

The idiots that welded my washers in just welded the washers on without the bolts installed, thus bolts are in a bind.

I definitely recommend having both the bolt and a-arms sleeve in place for welding. They don't have to be torqued but they should be there to maintain the width of the a-arms tabs and the alignment of the holes